Qualcomm has compared the CPU to the new M3 chip, similarly claiming that its chip outperforms the leading ARM-compatible competitor for single-threaded CPU performance. Qualcomm also says the Oyron chip is 21% faster than the M3 in multi-core performance. That’s quite the bold claim.
Late last year, I wrote about Microsoft’s plans for its upcoming Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6, which are expected to feature some major upgrades in the form of refreshed designs, new chips, and next-gen NPU silicon that will power some of the upcoming advanced AI features Microsoft is building into the next version of Windows.
I know that the June wave will include the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6, as that’s when the first Qualcomm X Series PCs are expected to start shipping across the board. These PCs depend on the Windows Germanium platform release, which won’t RTM until April, making it too late for any PCs launching that month.
According to my sources, Microsoft intends to ship a commercial focused version of Surface Pro and Surface Laptop that feature the current in-market designs, but with newer Intel 14th-gen chips and a scoped set of features designed for commercial customers.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hard...face-pc-announcements-may-take-place-in-marchAs I understand it, consumers will be able to purchase these commercial focused devices if they wish, but the recommendation is to wait for the true Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 coming in June with next-gen Arm chips and updated designs.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/2...k-air-surface-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon-x-eliteMicrosoft is so confident in these new Qualcomm chips that it’s planning a number of demos that will show how these processors will be faster than an M3 MacBook Air for CPU tasks, AI acceleration, and even app emulation. Microsoft claims, in internal documents seen by The Verge, that these new Windows AI PCs will have “faster app emulation than Rosetta 2” — the application compatibility layer that Apple uses on its Apple Silicon Macs to translate apps compiled for 64-bit Intel processors to Apple’s own processors.
Core Count | Total Cache | Max Clocks | Dual-Core Boost | GPU | NPU | |
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Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 | 12 | 42MB | 3.8GHz | 4.2GHz | 4.6TFLOPs | 45 TOPS |
Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100 | 12 | 42MB | 3.4GHz | 4.0GHz | 3.8TFLOPs | 45 TOPS |
Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100 | 12 | 42MB | 3.4GHz | - | 3.8TFLOPs | 45 TOPS |
Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 | 10 | 42MB | 3.4GHz | - | 3.8TFLOPs | 45 TOPS |
Snapdragon X Elite | Snapdragon X Plus | |
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Geekbench 6.2 | 2850-2900 single-core 15,100-15,400 multi-core | 2,400-2,425 single-core 12,800-13,100 multi-core |
Cinebench 2024 | 126-128 single-core 1,140-1,200 multi-core | 107-109 single-core 825-845 multi-core |
Chrome (Beta) - Speedomter 2.1 | 460-500 | 410-430 |
Chrome (Beta) - Jetstream 2.1 | 330-340 | 280-290 |
UL Procyon AI | 1,750-1,800 | 1,750-1,800 |
UL Procyon Office | 6,500-6,900 | 5,700-5,900 |
PCMark 10 | 13,500-14,100 | 12,500-12,800 |
Blender | 430-470 | 340-360 |
3DMark | 41.9-44FPS | 37.1-38.5FPS |